Not sure that’s the reason but there is a Russian version of lord of the rings where sauron is the good guy fighting for the rights and freedoms of the working class orcs against the fashist rule if the elves and Gandalf.
There is also a light novel about Putin (or maybe Stalin?) being teleported to middle earth with a few guns/tanks and helps sauron win.
but why orcs
Not sure that’s the reason but there is a Russian version of lord of the rings where sauron is the good guy fighting for the rights and freedoms of the working class orcs against the fashist rule if the elves and Gandalf.
There is also a light novel about Putin (or maybe Stalin?) being teleported to middle earth with a few guns/tanks and helps sauron win.
So yeah Russian propaganda sympathises with orcs
I think it’s not the reason and propaganda sympathising is just them trying to remove negative connotations
Removed by mod
That’s discriminatory against orcs.
Yeah, orks know how to fight.
i love making broad generalizations of ethnic groups
The ethnic group here being… (checks notes), invading soldiers who commit war crimes daily.
Yeah, I have no sympathy.
then why do you say “russians” instead of “russian soldiers” or “the russian military”
Because it’s generally understood.
That’s the result of having an outdoor toilet.
?
Because the orcs in LOTR destroy everything. Like the Russians.
So they can dehumanize them.